I Forgave My Wife for Cheating Until I Learnt the Baby Looked Exactly Like Her Landlord and Not Me

 

There are moments in a man’s life when the truth hits you so hard that even breathing becomes a struggle, and for me, that moment came when I finally looked closely at the baby I had been calling my daughter for almost seven months and noticed that her forehead, her smile, and even the curve of her ears looked nothing like mine, but matched perfectly with the man who used to collect rent from us every end month.

When my wife first confessed that she had cheated, I will not lie, it nearly broke me, but I chose peace over pain, and I convinced myself that marriage meant forgiveness and moving forward, so I swallowed my pride and told her we would raise the child together, because as long as she was born during our marriage, she was mine in the eyes of the community and the church.

But deep inside, something kept pricking me.

Every time the landlord came to collect rent, he would stay longer than necessary. He would joke too much with my wife. Sometimes I would find him seated in our sitting room, holding the baby, laughing like he owned the place. One day, I saw him handing her a small parcel wrapped in brown paper, and when I asked my wife what it was, she said it was just diapers and a few things for the baby because he felt pity for us.to read more click here